Reference: Gera
Easton
grain. (1.) The son of Bela and grandson of Benjamin (1Ch 8:3,5,7).
(2.) The father of Ehud the judge (Jg 3:15).
(3.) The father of Shimei, who so grossly abused David (2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18).
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And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
And king David went to Bahurim, and behold, from thence a man will come forth from the family of the house of Saul, and his name Shimei, son of Gera: he came forth, coming forth and cursing.
And Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, will hasten and come down with the man Judah to meet king David.
The passing over passed over to cause the house of the king to pass over, and to do the good in his eyes. And Shimei son of Gera, fell before the king in his passing over Jordan.
And Naaman and Ahiah and Gera, he carried them away captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud.
Fausets
Son, i.e. descendant, of Benjamin; enumerated in the list when Jacob went into Egypt (Ge 46:21); son of Bela (1Ch 8:3, where probably but one Gera is genuine); in the loins of his grandfather Benjamin then, but not actually born until after the going to Egypt and before Jacob's death. Numbers 26 omits Gera as not being head of a family hut being one of the Belaites; his mention in Genesis implies that ultimately he became head of a family. Gera, Ehud's ancestor, and Gera, Shimei's ancestor, is the same person (Jg 3:15; 2Sa 16:5).
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
Hastings
One of Benjamin's sons (Ge 46:21, omitted in Nu 26:38-40). Acc. to 8/3/type/juliasmith'>1Ch 8:3,8,7 he was a son of Bela and a grandson of Benjamin. Gera was evidently a well-known Benjamite clan, to which belonged Ehud (Jg 3:15) and Shimel (2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18; 1Ki 2:3).
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
The sons of Benjamin according to their families: to Bela, the families of the Belaites; to Ashbel, the families of the Ashbelites; to Ahiram, the families of the Ahiramites To Shupham, the families of the Shuphamites; to Hupham, the families of the Huphamites read more. And the sons of Bela will be Ard and Naaman; the families of the Ardites; to Naaman, the families of the Naamanites
And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
And king David went to Bahurim, and behold, from thence a man will come forth from the family of the house of Saul, and his name Shimei, son of Gera: he came forth, coming forth and cursing.
And Shimei son of Gera, a Benjamite, who was from Bahurim, will hasten and come down with the man Judah to meet king David.
The passing over passed over to cause the house of the king to pass over, and to do the good in his eyes. And Shimei son of Gera, fell before the king in his passing over Jordan.
And Naaman and Ahiah and Gera, he carried them away captive; and he begat Uzza and Ahihud. And Shaharaim begat in the field of Moab from his sending them away; Hushim and Baara his wives.
Morish
Ge'ra
A descendant of Benjamin. Ge 46:21; Jg 3:15; 2Sa 16:5; 19:16,18; 1Ki 2:8; 1Ch 8:3,5,7. It is not clear whether all the passages refer to the same person.
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
Smith
Ge'ra
(a grain), one of the "sons," i.e. descendants, of Benjamin.
Gera, who is named,
as the ancestor of Ehud, and in
as the ancestor of Shimei who cursed David, is probably also the same person (though some consider them different persons).
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And the sons of Benjamin: Bela and Becher, and Ashbel, Gera and Naaman, Ehi and Rosh, Muppim and Huppim and Ard.
And the sons of Israel will cry to Jehovah, and Jehovah will raise up to them a saviour, Ehud, son of Gera, son of a Benjamite, a man shut up of his right hand: and the sons of Israel will send a gift by his hand to Eglon, king of Moab.
And king David went to Bahurim, and behold, from thence a man will come forth from the family of the house of Saul, and his name Shimei, son of Gera: he came forth, coming forth and cursing.